Radiance

We really enjoyed our stay in Mahabaleshwar. The flowers were plenteous and just beautiful. They really made the place look so radiant and beautiful.

When I took a picture of this flower I didn't think I would end up processing the photograph in black and white. It was a last minute decision.

Taking a picture of this flower was actually fun to take because of the location. It was growing at the edge of this really lovely lush green lawn. My relatives were making fun of me because I was lying down on the grass to get this angle but you just have to do things that others might consider weird.

 

The Flower That Smells The Sweetest

"The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly." - William Wordsworth

During a recent visit to a hill station in Maharashtra called Mahabaleshwar we stayed at a really nice place that had beautiful flowers growing everywhere. It just made the place look so beautiful and gave it a calm, serene ambiance.

My cousins and I would just lay down on the grass under the warm sun and slowly doze off to sleep. It was just beautiful with a view of the hills.

Overlooking The Valley

Last week my cousin's husband and I decided to go for an early morning walk to the top of a nearby hill.

We had initially decided to go the week before that but the late nights made it really difficult for my to get up in the morning. We wanted to get there in time to watch the sunrise.

The day we finally made it up wasn't that great because of the fog and lack of clouds in the sky. If there were clouds in the sky I'm sure it would have been a spectacular sunrise.

The sun rose from behind the fog and slowly lit up everything. It was really beautiful and we decided to stay on the hill for a few more minutes before making it back down.

The fog (or smog) had slowly begun to lift and reveal the city as we descended. We stopped for a minute to take in this view. It makes you wonder how long the hill that's next to this sprawling city will remain untouched and for how long the hill will be allowed to retain it's natural beauty.

Picture details for those interested - 1/200sec f/8 ISO 100
Processed in Photoshop CS6 from a single RAW file.

Happy New Year

Wish you all a very Happy New Year!!!

Hope you all have a great year ahead filled with God's blessings :)

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

It's Christmas eve people!
Now I know there are people who don't celebrate which is why I must say that I have no intention of offending you with today's post.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

We do not know when the Lord Jesus Christ actually came down to earth but what we are sure of is that He came down to free us from our bonds of sin. He gave up His life so that we could be saved from our impending doom - eternal destruction in the lake of fire.

Thanks to God's unending love we now no longer have to fear and no longer have to serve sin and Satan. All we have to do to have eternal life and an everlasting and personal relationship with God, our creator is accept that we are sinners and believe in the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Since I probably won't be online much till I get back home I wish you all a very Happy New Year!

White Wash

I've never actually seen it snowing. I have seen snow once when I was little but never after that and seeing all these pictures from friends abroad who are enjoying a white winter made me wonder what it would be like if it snowed here.

That didn't really help so editing a portrait of my friend too make it look like it was snowing seemed like the next best thing.

Happy Holidays everyone!

A Walk

Another one for a recent series of photos I took for two of my friends.

We had a great time shooting in that park. Taking pictures of people is challenging but also really interesting because there are so many options and you can be as creative as you want with almost no limits.

Anyway I got to go back to the school where I spent the last (and best) two years of my school life for their biennial concert and it was really great!